Sticks and Stones (Watty Awards 2011) {Dedicated to Haoming Huang}

Skylar and her twin Silvia, along with their little brother, Robert, have been on the run for eight years. At the ages of 9 and 8, they watched their parents being murdered at the hand of their enemy, Drake's, older brother. As payback, Skylar killed him, and has been hiding from Drake ever since then. Skylar's main goal is to keep her brother and sister alive, so she recruits backup along the way. When a recruiting assignment goes awry, Skylar ends up saving the lives of 3 boys who end up staying with her and her siblings. They swear to keep Silvia and Robert safe. Skylar ends up training two of the three boys, which goes fine for awhile, but will something more occur? Only time will tell.